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(11) EP 2 046 217 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
15.04.2009 Bulletin 2009/16

(21) Application number: 07840417.5

(22) Date of filing: 16.07.2007
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61B 17/70(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2007/073604
(87) International publication number:
WO 2008/011378 (24.01.2008 Gazette 2008/04)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR MK RS

(30) Priority: 20.07.2006 US 490010

(71) Applicant: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
Warsaw, Indiana 46581 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • BRUNEAU, Aurelien
    Memphis, TN 38016 (US)
  • ANDERSON, Kent M.
    Memphis, Tennessee 38103 (US)
  • LANGE, Eric C.
    Collierville, Tennessee 38017 (US)
  • ALLARD, Randall N.
    Germantown, TN 38138 (US)

(74) Representative: Hutchinson, Glenn Stanley 
Harrison Goddard Foote Fountain Precinct Balm Green
Sheffield South Yorkshire S1 2JA
Sheffield South Yorkshire S1 2JA (GB)

   


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